Michelle Obama: America’s Moms Are ‘Confused and Bewildered,’ ‘Defeated’ by Grocery Shopping
Susan Jones
CNSNews
2/28/2014
Apparently it’s not the price of the groceries, but the nutrition labels on food packages that make grocery shopping such a difficult and trying experience for the moms of America.
In pitching new, improved nutrition labels at the White House on Thursday, first lady Michelle Obama tried to identify with women who do the grocery shopping for their families. Her message was aimed at mothers who want to buy healthy food and depend on labels to help them do that:
“So there you stood, alone in some aisle in a store, the clock ticking away at the precious little time remaining to complete your weekly grocery shopping, and all you could do was scratch your head, confused and bewildered, and wonder, is there too much sugar in this product? Is 50 percent of the daily allowance of riboflavin a good thing or a bad thing? And how on Earth could this teeny little package contain five whole servings?
“This stream of questions and worries running through your head when all you really wanted to know was, should I be eating this or not? Is this good for my kids or not? And if it is healthy, how much of it should I be eating? But unless you had a thesaurus, a calculator, a microscope, or a degree in nutrition, you were out of luck. So you felt defeated, and you just gave up and went back to buying the same stuff you always buy…”…
The article continues, with video, at CNSNews.com
CAJ note: Hellooooo. Feminists? Anyone? *crickets*
We don’t know any woman who stands in the market fretting over labels; they feel angry and frustrated about paying more money for their family’s food. This is a non-issue, but crucial to those who wish to impose themselves as your superiors. It’s a distraction to keep Americans from discussing the price and quality of food. “There’s nothing to see here; just look at the nutritional labeling, you stoopit woman.”
At CAJ we hate nannies and behavior-nazis.
Photo by CAJ’s Wordboss.
This discussion from 2010 reminds us the cost of one pound of butter was about $2.00 to $2.50 in metropolitan areas like Boston, up from about $1.75 the year before.
Update: Some have other concerns about food labeling: Obama’s GMO Label Law Betrayal Evident In New Nutrition Label Proposal – Natural News Blogs post by attorney Paul A. Lauto, Esq.
…President Obama’s latest efforts via the First Lady, to create the appearance that he has our best interest at heart, falls way short of the mark. While something is still considered better than nothing, the hypocrisy of this latest move is insulting at best. If the President and the First Lady truly wanted parents to be able to know if food was good for them just by reading the label, we would have a federal GMO label law…
